Politically, the benefits of cutting summer tuition for Indiana University administrators are clear: the move quiets criticism from state lawmakers over rising costs of attendance. Financially, though, the benefits of a 25 percent cut to summer school tuition for in-state undergraduates are harder to calculate. If university officials’ projection of a 10 percent bump in [...]
Indiana University’s president and the Higher Education Commissioner weren’t only announcing summer school tuition cuts Monday. They were declaring a political ceasefire.
Ten days ago, it was Indiana State University announcing cutbacks in tuition. Monday, Indiana University followed suit. IU president Michael McRobbie announced the school would cut back summer school tuition 25 percent for undergraduates with Indiana residency. Out-of-state undergraduates would receive an equivalent tuition cut. The potential savings? From the university release: For those students [...]
A new report released by the Federal Center for Education Statistics raises concerns about the rate at which college students are turning to private loans to finance their high education.
The disappearance of Lauren Spierer may have raised awareness of crime in Bloomington and on IU’s campus, but it is not the only incident of lawlessness at the school. Indiana University issues an annual report detailing the number of reported crimes taking place throughout it’s network of campuses. We’ll specifically focus on the major activity happening in Bloomington.
Even if computers will dot students’ I’s and cross their T’s for much of their life, Indiana University research suggests teaching them handwriting skills still are important in helping them learn to read.
Without naming specific figures, president Michael McRobbie said Indiana University may be on pace to set records in student enrollment for the school year set to begin next week on some campuses. “We are certainly seeing numbers that indicate, if you talk about education as a product, we have a product people want, and they [...]
Nearly half of U.S. students factor in their on-campus dining options into their choice of where to go to college, which has turned college food services a $4.6 billion dollar industry. It’s also made some Indiana University trustees wonder whether it’s economically feasible for the school to take part in an “amenities race” to build the nicest [...]
Indiana’s three biggest public university endowments have a combined $2.7 billion tied up in various investment strategies, most of that in the form of equity funds.
It turns out Indiana University isn’t exactly in the “cool kids club” — if that’s you think the Sierra Club’s cool, anyway. The Sierra Club’s “America’s Coolest Schools” ranking unscientifically scored the environmental and sustainability credentials of 118 colleges and universities. IU came in at Number 81, in the bottom third of the overall rankings, [...]
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